Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



s'. BENDIT.

SOFA-BEDSTEAD.

N.169,6`7Z. Patented Nov; 91, 1875.`

N4 PETERS. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHxNGToN, D C4 IMPROVEMENTlN SOFA-BEDSTEADS.

Specification `forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,672, dated November 9, 1875; application filed I July 2l, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIMON BENDIT, of the city of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improved Bed-Loungeor Divan, of which the following is a specication:

My invention relates to that class of lounges or divans constructed to be used as a bed, when desired, by having the back arranged so as to turn down horizontally on a level With the seat, and the pillows or armsat the sides to open for the purpose of forminga surface to receive the bed-clothing; and my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the various parts, whereby a cheap and'durable bed-lounge is obtained.

In order to better understand the nature and operation of my invention, reference ismade to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front 4view of my improved lounge, without the springs and upholstery'. Figs. 2 4and 3 are transverse sectional views in detail; Fig. 4, a plan view, with the back turned down, and the arms removed, to show more clearly the arrangement of the bolts or catches at the sides.

The frame of the lounge is composed of the seat and legs A, and the back B, the one connected to the other by hinges a, and the seat having arms or pillows at one or both sides, as shown in Fig. 1. In these respects the form and arrangement are the same as now in general use among the trade; but, instead of combinin g the stuffed and upholstered part ofthe back and seat directly and in a fixed manner with the frame-work, I arrange themwupon independent pivot-frames C C', with the cushioned and upholstered part E upon one side or surface, and with a plain or `mattress surface, F, upon the opposite side; and these `frames I hang upon pivots c d in the framework A B of the lounge,and hold them in place by sliding bolts or catches e eff. The pivots c c of these frames are received in holes or slots in the sides of the lounge-frame, which are placed at such height from the floor that the frames may turn upon the pivots without. obstruction, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; and

the two frames are arranged in such position with `each other that the inner sides may be close together when the back is turned down, in order to form a continuous surface Without a space between them, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The ysliding bolts or catches c f work in slots through the sides of the frame AB, and their ends engage in slots provided for them in the ends ot' the pivoted frames O C', upon each side of the pivots c d, and they act to hold the The back A, whenv turneddown to convert i the lounge into a bed, is supported upon the hinged legs and bars b b, that may be turned in toward the seat-frame A, when the back is raised, to put them out of the way.

\ From this description it will be seen that the revolving frames C C', with their covered surface, are easily operated in changing the lounge from or into a bed; and the advantages gained by having a separate mattresssurface, without using the tinely-oushioned and upholstered surface, will be evident to those using or manufacturing lounges or divans of this character. Such lounges are usually stut'ted and covered in an expensive manner, and the double use to which they are put soon injures the covering and cushions by wearing the surface and flattening their form. These frames C may be combined with other kinds of lounge and sofa frames, as well as those shown, and may be also arranged in the frames oi' invalid-chairs, and other articles of upholstered furniture where two surfaces may be desired, and the cushioned parts thus protected from injury and Wear.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to se- The bed-lounge described, consisting of the 

